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dc.contributor.authorZoratti, Laura
dc.contributor.authorPalmieri, Luisa
dc.contributor.authorJaakola, Laura
dc.contributor.authorHäggman, Hely
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-16T14:39:12Z
dc.date.available2016-03-16T14:39:12Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe success of plant breeding in the coming years will be associated with access to new sources of variation, which will include landraces and wild relatives of crop species. In order to access the reservoir of favourable alleles within wild germplasm, knowledge about the genetic diversity and the population structure of wild species is needed. Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) is one of the most important wild crops growing in the forests of Northern European countries, noted for its nutritional properties and its beneficial effects on human health. Assessment of the genetic diversity of wild bilberry germplasm is needed for efforts such as in situ conservation, on-farm management and development of plant breeding programmes. However, to date, only a few local (small-scale) genetic studies of this species have been performed. We therefore conducted a study of genetic variability within 32 individual samples collected from different locations in Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Germany, and analysed genetic diversity among geographic groups. Four selected inter-simple sequence repeat primers allowed the amplification of 127 polymorphic loci which, based on analysis of variance, made it possible to identify 85 % of the genetic diversity within studied bilberry populations, being in agreement with the mixed-mating system of bilberry. Significant correlations were obtained between geographic and genetic distances for the entire set of samples. The analyses also highlighted the presence of a north–south genetic gradient, which is in accordance with recent findings on phenotypic traits of bilberry.en_US
dc.descriptionPublished version. Source at <a href=http://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plv117>http://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plv117</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAoB Plants 2015, 7en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1322670
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/aobpla/plv117
dc.identifier.issn2041-2851
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/8988
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_8554
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectBilberryen_US
dc.subjectgenetic diversityen_US
dc.subjectgermplasmen_US
dc.subjectISSRen_US
dc.subjectpopulation structureen_US
dc.subjectVaccinium myrtillusen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480en_US
dc.titleGenetic diversity and population structure of an important wild berry cropen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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